Related Links

Bourg teen reported missing

Published: Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 5:10 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, April 11, 2014 at 11:18 a.m.

A 19-year-old man from Bourg has been missing in Texas since Tuesday when he got off the towboat he had been traveling on for work, his father said Thursday.

Gabriel Verdin, 19, was last seen by one of his coworkers Tuesday night around 9:30, his father, Shannon Pitre, 44, said.

Verdin, a new hire as a deckhand for Bourg-based LeBouef Bros. Towing arrived on a tugboat in Channelview, Texas, Tuesday. After the boat docked, he and a co-worker decided to walk to a local bar, Pitre said.

Verdin was playing pool with a man he had met in the bar when his co-worker entered the bar’s restroom. When he returned to the bar, Verdin was gone along with the man he had been playing pool with, Pitre said.

“When his co-worker came out of the bathroom and didn’t see him playing pool anymore, he went to the bartender and asked if she had seen him. She told him that Gabe had gone outside presumably to look for him. That was the last time anyone saw him,” Pitre said.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, officials said. Anyone with information about Verdin’s whereabouts is asked to call the agency at (713) 221-6000.

Pitre said he was alerted of his son’s disappearance Tuesday night Lebouef Bros. Towing, where he is also an employee.

“There haven’t been any reported sightings,” Pitre said. “We’ve all tried calling him, but we never get an answer. We think his phone is dead.”

Verdin doesn’t have a history of disappearing, Pitre said.

“He’s not into partying, really, and he’s not in to drugs as far as I know, so this is unusual for him,” his father said.

Pitre describes Gabriel, or Gabe as he’s better known by friends and family, as happy-go-lucky and a hard worker.

“He’s just an average 19-year-old,” Pitre said. “He’s very outgoing and smiles all the time. Everybody loves him because he’s such a fun person to be around.”

Staff Writer Jordan Gribble can be reached at 857-2208 or jordan.gribble@houmatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter @JGrib_Courier.

<p>A 19-year-old man from Bourg has been missing in Texas since Tuesday when he got off the towboat he had been traveling on for work, his father said Thursday.</p><p>Gabriel Verdin, 19, was last seen by one of his coworkers Tuesday night around 9:30, his father, Shannon Pitre, 44, said.</p><p>Verdin, a new hire as a deckhand for Bourg-based LeBouef Bros. Towing arrived on a tugboat in Channelview, Texas, Tuesday. After the boat docked, he and a co-worker decided to walk to a local bar, Pitre said.</p><p>Verdin was playing pool with a man he had met in the bar when his co-worker entered the bar's restroom. When he returned to the bar, Verdin was gone along with the man he had been playing pool with, Pitre said.</p><p>“When his co-worker came out of the bathroom and didn't see him playing pool anymore, he went to the bartender and asked if she had seen him. She told him that Gabe had gone outside presumably to look for him. That was the last time anyone saw him,” Pitre said.</p><p>The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating, officials said. Anyone with information about Verdin's whereabouts is asked to call the agency at (713) 221-6000.</p><p>Pitre said he was alerted of his son's disappearance Tuesday night Lebouef Bros. Towing, where he is also an employee.</p><p>“There haven't been any reported sightings,” Pitre said. “We've all tried calling him, but we never get an answer. We think his phone is dead.”</p><p>Verdin doesn't have a history of disappearing, Pitre said.</p><p>“He's not into partying, really, and he's not in to drugs as far as I know, so this is unusual for him,” his father said.</p><p>Pitre describes Gabriel, or Gabe as he's better known by friends and family, as happy-go-lucky and a hard worker. </p><p>“He's just an average 19-year-old,” Pitre said. “He's very outgoing and smiles all the time. Everybody loves him because he's such a fun person to be around.”</p><p>Staff Writer Jordan Gribble can be reached at 857-2208 or jordan.gribble@houmatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter @JGrib_Courier.</p>